Hailed internationally as "Charm City" and "One of America's most promising locations for business to prosper", Baltimore has captured both the attention and the faith of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, distribution centers, technology start-ups, and burgeoning businesses.

The City of Baltimore is home to a diverse collection of 14,000 businesses including General Motors' Allison Transmission, St. Paul Travelers, Zurich Commercial and Aegon, as well as world-renowned financial services leaders like T. Rowe Price Associates, Legg Mason, Inc., and Deutsche Bank Alex Brown. Baltimore is also a center of deep-water port trade from around the world and serves as a leader in "roll on-roll off" auto imports through its foreign trade zone.